Capabilities · field-tested

Everything Talus puts in your pack.

A complete mapping system for the backcountry hunter, from the base layers you plan on to the precision instruments no other app carries.

Talus map with a highlighted hunting unit and a detail sheet naming the unit, species, and state.
G·01 · Mapping & layers

The base every hunt is planned on.

Topographic & satellite maps

Interactive basemaps in topo, satellite, and hybrid styles, tuned for terrain reading.

Hunting units / GMUs

Game-management units you can filter by species and state, drawn as clear overlays. Tap any unit for the details. Talus Pro.

Public land

Federal and state public-land boundaries so you always know where you can stand. Talus Pro.

Private land & owners

County parcel boundaries with landowner names where available, so you know whose ground you're on. Talus Pro.

Detailed water

Creeks, springs, and lakes drawn in detail for planning water and travel. Talus Pro.

Trails & roads

Trail and road networks for planning the way in and the pack-out. Talus Pro.

Wildfire perimeters

Current and historical fire perimeters for reading burns, regrowth, and access. Talus Pro.

40 ft contours

Tight contour lines for reading benches, draws, and saddles.

Peak & place labels

Named peaks with elevations and thousands of authoritative place names.

Talus LiDAR slope shading coloring the terrain from green low-angle ground to red steep faces, with a slope legend.
G·02 · Elevation & terrain

Where Talus earns its name.

Foot-level LiDAR terrain

Laser-scanned elevation resolves the ground to roughly a meter, foot-level detail far tighter than the standard topographic data most apps use.

Live elevation reading

Barometric and multi-source GPS fused into a live altitude readout that holds under canopy and in cover.

Elevation profiles

Gain, loss, and grade along any track or route, with touch-scrub graphs.

Slope shading

LiDAR slope shading that picks out benches, saddles, and bedding terrain at a glance. Talus Pro.

Hillshade & low-angle light

Bare-earth hillshade that reveals subtle ridges and drainages under the canopy. Talus Pro.

Sun & shadow modeling

Set any date, time, and sun angle to see exactly where light and shadow will fall. Talus Pro.

Local relief mapping

Pull out the micro-terrain that other maps flatten. Talus Pro.

Viewshed line-of-sight

Drop a pin for a live visibility map out to ~2 miles. Green is visible, red is blocked. Talus Pro.

Sea-level correction

GPS heights corrected to mean sea level instead of the raw ellipsoid.

Talus AR mode labeling named peaks and a distance pin over a live camera view of a mountain range.
G·03 · AR & 3D

Preview it in 3D before you go. Name it in AR once you're there.

AR peak & pin overlay

Live-camera view that labels the peaks around you and your saved pins, each tagged with true bearing and distance. Talus Pro.

First-person 3D terrain

Walk real elevation draped in satellite imagery in immersive 3D, with trails and named peaks. Talus Pro.

Heading calibration

Manual compass calibration with magnetic-interference warnings for AR accuracy.

Talus measuring a 506-yard line across 3D terrain, with Distance/Area and Straight-line/Terrain toggles.
G·04 · Routing, tracks & tools

Plan the line, then record the truth.

Pin-to-pin routing

Routes snapped to real trail and road networks, built leg by leg. Talus Pro.

Track recording

GPS tracks with multi-source barometric and LiDAR altitude and live distance and elevation stats. Talus Pro.

Measure distance & area

Measure straight-line or terrain-following distance, and area, right on the map. Talus Pro.

Compass rangefinder

Sight down your phone to place a pin at a measured range while you're glassing. Talus Pro.

Custom pins

Thirty purpose-built pin icons for stands, camps, water, sign, and more, with notes and shareable links. Talus Pro.

Talus offline download screen with resolution and style options and a LiDAR-terrain toggle.
G·05 · Offline & sync

Built for country with no bars.

Offline map downloads

Download any area at the resolution you choose: base maps, overlays, and LiDAR terrain. Talus Pro.

Offline place search

Search peaks, towns, streams, and lakes against an on-device database. Talus Pro.

Cross-platform sync

Pins and tracks stay in sync across your iOS and Android devices.

Shareable pin codes

Share any pin with a short code that drops it on a partner's map. Talus Pro.

Coming soon · iOS & Android